Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan ( ar, ٱلشَّيْخ سُلْطَان بْن زَایِد بْن خَلِیْفَة آل نَهْيَان, Sulṭān bin Zāyid bin Khalīfah Āl Nahyān) was the ruler of the

Emirate of Abu Dhabi The Emirate of Abu Dhabi (, , or ; ar, إِمَارَةْ أَبُوظَبِي , ) is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is by far the largest emirate, accounting for 87% of the nation's total land area o ...

, from 1922 to 1926. His two sons, Shakbut and

Zayed Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, زَايِد بِن سُلْطَان آل نَهْيَان, Zāyed bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati politician, statesman, and philanthropist who served as ...

ruled Abu Dhabi for seventy six years (from 1928 to 2004). He killed his brother Hamdan in 1922 to rule Abu Dhabi, but was himself toppled and killed by another brother Saqr in 1926.

Children

He had at least four sons, the eldest of whom was Shakbut, and the youngest of whom was Zayed, also called Zayed II.

References

{{Rulers of Abu Dhabi Year of birth missing 1926 deaths Sheikhs of Abu Dhabi House of Al Nahyan Fratricides 20th-century Arabs